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If you can if in concrete floor put in a floor sensor to control tstat, this will control temp over shoot, our basement floor does't have it and temp overshoot is 2 degree's.
 

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If you can if in concrete floor put in a floor sensor to control tstat, this will control temp over shoot, our basement floor does't have it and temp overshoot is 2 degree's.
You may want to look at your thermostat's settings or upgrading to a modern electronic one if yours is an older or basic one.
Some have a setting for hydronic or slow reacting heat systems that predict and prevent this as well as short cycling.
 

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If you can if in concrete floor put in a floor sensor to control tstat, this will control temp over shoot, our basement floor does't have it and temp overshoot is 2 degree's.
What is the temperature of fluid to your floor. My whole house is infloor and my cabin basement slab. I have zero overshoot. You might be overheating your floor.
 

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You may want to look at your thermostat's settings or upgrading to a modern electronic one if yours is an older or basic one.
Some have a setting for hydronic or slow reacting heat systems that predict and prevent this as well as short cycling.
We have a nest thermostate
 

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What is the temperature of fluid to your floor. My whole house is infloor and my cabin basement slab. I have zero overshoot. You might be overheating your floor.
Fluid is 118, impossible not to have overshoot unless your fluid is what temp you are targeting.
 
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